The Potter's House Podcast

Episode: It’s Showdown Season | Touré Roberts

Date: October 5, 2025
Host: The Potter’s House
Speaker: Touré Roberts

Overview

This episode, titled "It's Showdown Season," features a powerful sermon from Pastor Touré Roberts. Drawing from 1 Kings 18 and the story of Elijah, Pastor Touré encourages listeners to recognize and embrace the "showdown" seasons of life—those climactic moments when God positions His people to make decisive breakthroughs and display His power. The message intertwines biblical exposition, prophetic insight, and practical encouragement, urging believers to confront their greatest challenges with faith, boldness, and spiritual clarity.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Understanding “Showdown Season”

[03:30 – 07:30]

• Pastor Touré clarifies that every believer experiences seasons where issues come to a head—a “showdown” season engineered by God, not by personal choice.
• Just as Elijah faced the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18, believers are called to stand firm when the moment of confrontation comes.
• Quote:

  “God said, tell them this is a showdown season. A showdown season.” – Touré Roberts [09:54]

2. The Backdrop for Breakthroughs

[08:00 – 13:00]

• The backdrop of spiritual showdowns is often adversity: famine, spiritual dryness, cultural confusion.
• Even when circumstances seem dire, God has already made provision for His people.
• Quote:

  “If you can settle yourself in the recognition that God has already worked out what you’re trying to figure out, then you can pray lofty prayers and get lofty answers.” – Touré Roberts [06:30]

3. Scripture Foundation – 1 Kings 18

[10:00 – 14:00]

• Roberts reads and unpacks the Mount Carmel narrative, highlighting Israel’s indecision and Elijah’s solitary boldness.
• He notes Elijah challenged not only false prophets but the impaired faith of God’s people.
• Memorable Moment:

  “How long will you falter between two opinions?... If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” – [quoting Elijah; 1 Kings 18] [11:40]

4. Why God Orchestrates Showdowns

[20:00 – 24:30]

• Roberts affirms that God sometimes places believers in impossible situations to reveal His sovereignty.
• These moments are opportunities for God to demonstrate His glory through yielded vessels.
• Quote:

  “Some of you are in showdowns right now and you didn’t choose the showdown, but you’re in the showdown because God is getting ready to show off.” – Touré Roberts [23:30]

5. The Call to Great Exploits in Dark Days

[13:40 – 16:15]

• Drawing from Daniel 11:32 and Ephesians 2:10, Roberts asserts every believer has been ordained by God for “exploits”—victories that make a lasting impact.
• The most significant exploits happen against the backdrop of trouble, not comfort.
• Quote:

  “These great exploits are going to be done against the backdrop of desperate and dire circumstances.... The Gospel of the Kingdom has never been preached without signs following.” – Touré Roberts [16:45]

6. The Nature of a Showdown

[29:00 – 34:00]

• A showdown is defined as a decisive confrontation that cannot be avoided.
• At some point, avoidance and compromise will no longer work—it’s time for decisive faith.
• Quote:

  “There comes a moment where you have to get serious about this thing and you gotta face it. Sometimes it’s not something external. Sometimes it’s something internal.” – Touré Roberts [30:55]

• God strips away options so He becomes your only option, prompting true surrender.

7. Elijah as a Model for Showdown Living

[39:00 – 48:00]

• Elijah’s authority did not come from ancestry but from his cultivated relationship with God.
• “Don’t despise your Gilead”—your difficult background may be training for your assignment.
• Elijah’s name (“Yahweh is God”) was his prophetic identity.
• Quote:

  “When we get to a point where our name and our nature align with our assignment, we’ll start moving in a different type of power.” – Touré Roberts [44:35]

8. The Secret of Elijah’s Power

[46:00 – 48:30]

• Elijah’s confidence stemmed from always living “before whom I stand”—in the presence of God.
• The challenge to the church is to cultivate a lifestyle anchored in God’s presence, not in man’s approval or earthly status.
• Memorable Moment:

  “He lived his life standing before the presence of the Lord. He practiced and perfected the presence of God.” – Touré Roberts [47:45]

9. Prophetic Call and Corporate Prayer

[48:40 – 50:30]

• Roberts prays for listeners, asking for a fresh impartation of “the spirit of Elijah”—boldness, clarity, and breakthrough in their own showdowns.
• Quote (Prayer):

  “God, I thank you for divine accuracy...revelation...all of heaven’s resources necessary to activate us through your living word, to the effect that we’re never the same again.” – Touré Roberts [15:30]

Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Praying Beyond Basic Needs:

  “To perpetually bombard heaven with low-level prayers...I get it. But if you can settle yourself...then you can pray lofty prayers and get lofty answers.” – Touré Roberts [06:30]

• On Facing Showdown Seasons:

  “God’s going to posture you and position you to get right back into alignment so that you can possess...So that you don’t go down to the grave until you have possessed everything that’s assigned to your life.” – Touré Roberts [14:50]

• On God’s Sovereignty in Dark Times:

  “Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more. So when you see cray cray, just know that there’s a double portion of grace available in that season.” – Touré Roberts [18:00]

• On Options and Faith:

  “God puts you in a showdown to get you to seek God the way you know you’ve always needed to seek God, but you didn’t have enough pressure to seek God in the way that you need to seek God.” – Touré Roberts [33:50]

Important Timestamps

• [02:43] – Framing the message: groundwork in 1 Kings 18
• [09:54] – "This is a showdown season" delivered as a prophetic word
• [11:40] – Elijah’s challenge to the people (“How long will you falter between two opinions?”)
• [15:30] – Corporate prayer for revival and activation
• [23:30] – God orchestrates the showdown to show off His power
• [30:55] – Defining “showdown” and the necessity of facing decisive moments
• [39:00] – Elijah as a model; lessons from his background
• [44:35] – The alignment of name, nature, and assignment
• [47:45] – The secret of Elijah’s boldness: standing in God’s presence
• [48:40] – Final prayer for impartation and breakthrough

Tone and Language

Roberts’ language is passionate, prophetic, and pastoral. He combines deep scriptural insight with practical exhortation, addressing listeners directly and encouraging bold, faith-filled responses. The sermon is rich with imagery (“showdown season”; “cray cray” for chaos), humor, asides, and spontaneous worshipful interludes, ensuring the content is not only theological but powerfully motivational and relatable.

Summary

"It’s Showdown Season" is an urgent, empowering call for listeners to confront the decisive moments in their lives with the same faith and boldness modeled by Elijah. Pastor Touré Roberts reassures believers that God is intentional about their seasons of crisis, using them as platforms for breakthrough and revival. The episode challenges individuals to abandon hesitation, cultivate God’s presence, and trust that every struggle is orchestrated by a loving, sovereign God intent on revealing His power, both in their lives and in the world.